I’m a heavy emoji user, texting is such a poor medium for communication, many times people get the wrong message, but with an emoji you’ll get an idea of the face I’m making, so less chance of misunderstanding...
Oh, you reminded me with ads that starts with emojis like 🚨 or political posts that are just propaganda…
I used to see a lot of these on Facebook and Gab ( now ), so I just assume the post is going to be either an ad, fake news or just low effort when it starts with an emoji…
I like the use of emojis when it’s justified as you say, like : saying that’s delicious followed by 😋, sounds friendly, even Ai like Copilot is doing it now
This “always taking everyting to the extreme” really annoys me about our current society. There is no moderation anymore; it feels like you must either be extremely happy or extremely sad/angry/whatever
And yet you still figured that I’m not actually crying rivers for emojis, I just miss them ( just a little ),
The idea of a emoji is to sound more human, that’s why Ai chat bots use them at the end of their answers, to sound more human and more friendly
emoticons such as :-) and ¯_(ツ)_/¯ doesn’t have the same effect, still they’re better than nothing…
But I don’t like to use them, because I prefer to use punctuation marks in paragraphs where they belong, not to draw faces, it’s not what they were meant to do
“On Reddit people use emojis a lot” - that genuinely is not the experience on Reddit I had
I see, many replies I got said similar thing, I only used Reddit in the last couple of years, I became aware of old reddit when they killed 3rd party apps, so I’m not an old citizen of reddit as you can see
You just might want to remember that a lot of the people who hated new Reddit and a lot of the people who left Reddit for Lemmy the first time are/were going to be old-timers (by internet standards), so you might find fewer like-minded people here.
Oh, this makes lots of sense, I always felt like I’m talking to someone older than me on Lemmy, idk why? Sometimes they do mention their age or they have kids… Etc
As a last note, your saying you “miss emojis” makes me feel extra old (and I don’t think I’m old at all!)
hehe 😅, I don’t mean it like there is no emojis on the internet anymore, it’s just Lemmy is so similar to Reddit, but users here don’t use emojis ( not as much ), they use emoticons
I got a few good answers on why someone may dislike emojis, which were interesting
This is a very well written reply ( it felt like I’m reading from a book: designing emojis ), thanks for sharing
I Totally agree with the fact that emojis can be expressive, but limited to the set of emojis you have on your keyboard/platform, and there are facial expressions that humans do alot but they’re not available on any platform!!
I don’t think anyone will look at my post and say : “wow, OP is crying rivers because he misses emojis”
But I think they’re cute, and personally reading a huge paragraph with no pictures or anything, make me disconnect, in all my notes, the titles and the subtitles have emojis in them ✍️
glad I’m not the only one, maybe because people here are techy and older, they’re used to terminals and IDEs, these things don’t utilize emojis AFAIK, it’s def a mentality thing
Best medium is face to face where you can actually see and hear the person you’re talking to, after that it’s voice call, after that it’s text on paper and lastly paintings and symbols…
I said “poor” not “bad”, compared to the real one on one experience, also looking at religious scriptures are misinterpreted all the time and used for nefarious purposes, should tell you something about relying on text
emojis can ( It’s a possibility ) add context and mood to the discussion, plus they cute, that’s all
I was just wondering why lemmings don’t use them and downvote who uses them ( not that I care about meaningless points ), turns out Lemmy has lots of boomers
Bruh, I’m not here to argue, I’m not an activist for emojis
Religious scriptures were purposefully written with ambiguity and the intent of tricking in mind
Not true, but not wrong either
So can words, or other types of pictograms
I don’t know why people assume opposition, because an opinion don’t necessary fall in line with what they believe or think, if you think words can add meaning and mood, just remember I never said the opposite
Makes sense, I hate Discord for this very reason, they have little animated emojis all over the UI, I know it depends on the server but every server goes for that look
I like eye candy but that’s too much, I like how Matrix has done it, they give you all the reactions and it stays away from text
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In the end, choosing which project to use can be difficult just because of politics between the communities of these projects, saying a certain project is unsecure can get people using that project defensive, so keep that in mind
Droidian uses Debian as a base and It can be treated as a desktop operating system modified to run on Android devices. While Ubuntu Touch is built as a GNU/Linux operating system with user friendliness in mind.
I’m not sure what does this mean, but does UT apps work in droidian, and can I use a VPN ?
I like Posh that’s why I’m leaning to Droidian, UTouch Ui is not as good
Droidian FAQ says you can use Flatpacks and AFAIK some are designed for mobile, there are lots of VPN apps on Flathub, I think Droidian is a better option for me, however UT seem more mature and faster like you said
Yeah, basically that. I’m back at work in Windows land on a Monday morning, and pondering what sadist at Microsoft included these features. It’s not hyperbole to say that the startup repair, and the troubleshooters in settings, have never fixed an issue I’ve encountered with Windows. Not even once. Is this typical?...
Now, is all these news nothing but propaganda? Is it for political reasons and Chinese tech products are clean and safe, just the US wants to bury the competition, I don’t think so, everyone I know owns a Chinese phone and the way these things behave makes me confirm my suspicions ( activates GPS randomly, scan your downloads, disactives privacy features… Etc )
Note : the video talks about Samsung which is not Chinese, but it’s a famous brand
Probably yes, but isn’t relying on a single country to get your chips, equal or even more problematic. especially when you know that that country is heavily invested in cyberwarfare, espionage and censorship.
Even their constitution states that every Chinese product ( software or hardware ), must send data it collects to the government.
What’s stops them from “chipping” every phone they export ? Or hardcoding spyware into the motherboard or CPU ? Nothing ( this is way more scarier than software level spying )
What do you think the CCP is gonna do to you? You’re outside of their jurisdiction completely.
You don’t know that 💀
it js just propaganda, in a sense that it’s trying to make you think this kind of behavior is somehow unique to Chinese companies or a result of tech being manufactured in China
This is like Apple saying your Android spies on you… lol ( I believe they did say that )
I’m aware of US privacy laws ( e.g. Cloud Act ) and technologies ( e.g. Intel ME ), yeah it’s not unique to China
just so we on the same page, I’m talking about data is gathered, not whether it’s protected ( legally ) , idc
can you provide a source?
I’m not a lawyer but I think somewhere in the DSL it mentions data is collected from companies within China and outside, but why is it hard for you to swallow, knowing that US based companies ( with all the power they have, lawyers… Etc ) comply with data collection laws
Not sure where you were going with this
It’s more of a metaphor I guess, basically it’s a decoy, they tell you these people are spying on you, while they do the same or worse
becoming an actual threat to western companies’ profit margins.
Aaside from that, US officials make good points when they talk about the threat of Chinese products ( Tiktok, Huawei ) from a Cybersecurity perspective
Oh, shoot didn’t realize China is a privacy haven, maybe I should move there, maybe I should install Tiktok as well, is that what you’re saying ?
Because they don’t. Evidenced by all the fines the EU is handing out to google, meta, etc. You could also look to all the stuff Snowden blew the whostle on. Do you think they just stopped doing mass surveillance on a global level?
There is a misunderstanding here, I meant they do comply with FBI subpoena’s and they do handle data to US government and 3 letter agencies, why is it that you think Chinese companies are safe from their government ? ( I’ll rephrase it : if US gov can just order US based companies to hand over user messages and emails, why can’t China gov do the same to Chinese based companies ? considering their track record )
I did open your article BTW, it doesn’t answer this question, off course i didn’t read the whole thing
then claim there’s no propaganda
how ? When ?
Didn’t say it’s not propaganda, I was the first to suspect the news I shared to be propaganda, but that doesn’t mean there is no truth in it, that’s how you make successful propaganda, you add false narratives to the real ones, have you listened to why your government officials wanted to ban Tiktok ?
they are probably offline install ISOs with all the software included right?
yes they are, but when you install them you’ll see they’re removing lots of stuff that’s not needed for your hardware to function
What I hate the most about Windows isos is not the size, although it’s most likely just bloat and spying programs, I hate that they don’t let you download them if you … As they say
leveraging anonymous or location hiding technologies when connecting to this service is not generally allowed
Yeah, right… Is it unlikely they’re getting your real IP to associate it with that Iso, so they have one more data point that get added to that profile they built about u ? maybe I’m just overthinking
On Windows you need shady external software
No, not necessarily you can use Foss debloaters but they won’t magically make windows ethical
I know this is none of my business, so please don’t take this the wrong way …
that I still care about
That’s sweet, but shouldn’t there be a middle ground ?, I mean if someone cares about you they should in theory value what you value ? ( or respect what u value )
And here’s the thing about people, they’ll install all the random adware from the play store, but won’t install an app for a friend, I have people like this in my life, and the worst part is I explained my concern with Facebook and why I don’t use it, still they like : “yeah, you come to me I won’t come to you”, and later complain about how hard I’m to reach… !! 😒🙄
This year we made good progress. You know, Linux gaming becoming better, Reddit fucking up, Metaverse failing etc. But on the other hand Big Tech has or are planning to make some moves. Such as, Google’s Web Enviroment Integrity API (EDIT: they backed off), UK’s encryption bill, etc....
I have noticed that the people I preach to about privacy, or at least try, they’re like : yeah, we know we being spied on, but it is how it is…
And I’m like: No, it’s just a matter of what tools you use…
Them : such as ?
Me : you can use Signal instead of WhatsApp, as a start
Them : in a mocking and condescending manner and that doesn’t spy on you ?
Me : proceeds to explain what Foss means, and the war that’s going on to harvest user data for the next psychological war and creating a dystopia , the war they’re totally sleeping on
why do lemmy users hate the use of emojis ? (kopnij.in) en
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Why Bluesky over sth like Activitypub? (slrpnk.net)
Is it really decentralized and private?
Next smartphone I buy, which one do you recommend? (kopnij.in)
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What is a product that you won’t accept a generic alternative for? (kopnij.in)
For example, if you insist on buying Advil instead of store brand ibuprofen. I mean, you’d be wasting your money in that example, but you do you
Microsoft pulls OneDrive update that would quiz you before letting you quit (arstechnica.com)
Sharing here because of the post from 14 hours ago....
Looks like Facebook is following youtube with anti-adblock measures. (infosec.pub)
I don’t really use facebook anymore so couldn’t care less; but so happened to log in today to change my password and saw this on my front page.
Who's winning here, exactly? (kopnij.in)
This year we made good progress. You know, Linux gaming becoming better, Reddit fucking up, Metaverse failing etc. But on the other hand Big Tech has or are planning to make some moves. Such as, Google’s Web Enviroment Integrity API (EDIT: they backed off), UK’s encryption bill, etc....